A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



trustees for the time being of the Municipal General 

 Charities. 



The endowment of the charity of Samuel WoUaston 

 consists of a rent charge of (ji lo/. a year issuing out 

 of premises in Royal Terrace, Northampton, for the 

 benefit of the poor of Northampton. The income 

 is administered by the minister of All Saints' and the 

 mayor of the borough. 



The charity of George Phillips, founded by will 

 proved at Northampton on 21 December 1 899, is now 

 regulated by a scheme of the Charity Commissioners 

 of 23 March 1910. The income of the charity is 

 applied by the trustees for the benefit of indigent 

 blind persons belonging to the town and county of 

 Northampton. 



The Northamptonshire and Peterborough Prison 

 Charities, consisting of the charities of Rebecca 

 Hussey, Margaret Countess of I.ucan, and John 

 Plall, are regulated by a scheme of the Charity 

 Commissioners dated i Nov. 1889. The endow- 

 ment consists of ^^1,714 13/. <^i. Consols and ^^150 

 National War Bonds 1928, with the Official Trustees, 

 producing ^£50 7/. \cl. annually, which is applied 

 for the benefit of discharged prisoners, preference 

 being given for the County of Northampton and the 

 Liberty of Peterborough. The trustees of the charities 

 are the Visiting Committee of H.M. Prison of North- 

 ampton. 



Whiston's Gift is a lost charity. No account can 

 be given of a payment of £\ a year in respect of 

 this gift, mentioned in Gilbert's Returns. It has 

 not been received for many years, nor is it known 

 from whom it was received. 



Parish of All Saints. — WiUiam Parbery Hannen, 

 by will proved at Northampton 3 Feb. 1921, 

 bequeathed to his trustees properties known as 

 Nos. 144 and 146, High Road, and No. ia, Villiers 

 Road, Willesden Green, London, the income thereof 

 to be distributed among the aged poor of the parishes 

 of All Saints and St. Katherine. The properties 

 were sold in 1921 and the proceeds invested in 

 ^869 5^. \i. 5 per cent. War Stock 1929-47, in the 

 name of the Official Trustees of Charitable Funds. 

 By a scheme of the Charity Commissioners dated 

 2 Jan. 1923 the sum of stock was apportioned 

 between the two parishes, each receiving ^^434 I2i. %d. 

 5 per cent. War Stock, 1929-47. The income, 

 amounting to [p.l \\s. Sd. yearly in dividends in 

 each case, is applied by the churchwardens of the 

 respective parishes. The same donor also gave the 

 sum of j^28 to the churchwardens of All Saints' to 

 provide the choir boys with a new shilling each on 

 Christmas Day. 



F.dward Whitton, in or before 1774, bequeathed 

 a legacy consisting of ;^loo 4 per cent. Annuities, 

 the income to be applied in providing bread for poor 

 persons of the parishes of All Saints, St. Giles, St. 

 Peter and St. Sepulchre. The endowment now 

 consists of ;^lc>o Consols, with the Official Trustees, 

 producing £2 10/. yearly, each parish receiving 

 12/. 6d. a year. By an order of the Charity Com- 

 missioners, dated I August 1905 the incumbents' 

 churchwardens of each parish were appointed 

 trustees for the administration of the charity. 



William Stratford, by will dated 16 July 1753, 

 gave /^500, the income to be applied for the benefit 

 of poor housekeepers and other poor. Tliis sum was 



expended in the purchase of an estate at Helmdon, 

 which was sold in 1920, and the proceeds invested 

 in ;£3,II3 8/. 5^. Local Loans 3 per cent. Stock, 

 in tht. name of the Official Trustees. The income 

 amounts to ^93 8/. annually. 



Francis Clarke, by will proved at Northampton 

 27 July 1910, gave to the vicar and churchwardens 

 of All Saints' ^^500 London and North Eastern Rail- 

 way 4 per cent. Guaranteed Stock, and ;^25o London 

 and North Eastern Railway 4 per cent. Guaranteed 

 Stock, the interest to be distributed among the sick 

 and aged poor of the parish. The stock has been 

 transferred into the name of the Official Trustees, 

 and the dividends, amounting to £^0 annually, 

 are distributed by the vicar and churchwardens. 



Mrs. Dorcas Sargeant, as appears by an entry in 

 the vestry book of the parish of All Saints, gave the 

 rents of a small plot of ground in Cow Lane, North- 

 ampton, for the clothing of two poor widows. The 

 land was sold in 1877, and the endowmwent now 

 consists of ^^627 12/. 5<£. Consols, with the Official 

 Trustees, producing ^^15 13;. 8^ yearly in dividends, 

 which are applied by the vicar and churchwardens. 

 In the year ending 31 March 1926, 16 widows received 

 clothing. 



The Beckett and Sargeant Sermon Charity was 

 founded by Dorothy Beckett and Anne Sargeant, 

 by deed dated 20 Sept. 1735. The deed (among 

 other things) directed the trustees to pay the yearly 

 sum of j^i to the vicar of All Saints' to preach a sermon 

 yearly on the Feast of St. Andrew in All Saints' 

 Church, for which purpose ^40 Consols with the 

 Official Trustees has been set aside. 



J.imes Bracegirdle, by will dated 24 March 1633, 

 gave an annual rent charge of £2 issuing out of land 

 at Bugbrooke to be distributed among the poor of All 

 Saints and St. Sepulchre. 



Each parish receives 16s. annually for distribution, 

 Ss. being deducted from the charge in respect of land 

 tax. The vicar and churchwardens of AU Saints' 

 and St. Sepulchre's are the Trustees. 



Under the charity of Sir Edward Nicholjs, founded 

 by will dated 12 August 1708, the vicar of All Saints' 

 receives from the trustees ^^30 per annum for the 

 augmentation of the vicarage. 



Parish of St. Andrew. — The charity of Miss C. E. 

 Hyndman was founded by deeds dated in 1836 and 

 1842 which provided that the interest on ^272 3 per 

 cent. Annuities should be applied towards the cost of 

 the repair of St. Andrew's Church. The endowment 

 now consists of ;^272 Consols with the Official Trus- 

 tees producing £6 l6s. annually. The charity is 

 administered by the churchwardens of St. Andrew's. 



Parish of St. Giles. — The Feoffment Estates com- 

 prises the following : — The charity of Edward Watson 

 founded by deed dated 2 Edward VI, 1548, which 

 provided that the income of the charity should be 

 applied for the benefit of the poor of the parish. The 

 endowment consists of property known as ' The 

 Chequers ' Inn, 4 cottages and 6 doses of land at 

 Rothersthorpe containing about 45 acres. The 

 charity of George Coldwell, founded by deed dated 

 22 Mar. 1553, which provided that the income of 

 the charity should be applied for the use and relief 

 of the poor and for other pious and charitable uses 

 within the parish of St. Giles. The endowment 

 consists of two shops and houses known as Nos. 40 



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